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5 Levels of Ecological Organization
Megan Ensley
Created on October 22, 2023
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The 5 Levels of Ecological Organization
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Ecology is the study of interactions that occur among organisms and their environment.
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There are 2 parts of the environment:
On your slotted notes in the parenthesis, write down what each of these words mean.
1. Biotic 2. Abiotic
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Drag and drop each of the words in the word bank to the right to their respective category.
Palm Tree
Biotic
Abiotic
Cat
Sunlight
Fossils
Rock
Water
Fungi
Air
Soil
Bones
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Biotic factors can be organized even further on their interactions with other living things.
Let's start with the smallest level first.
Organism: a single living thing.
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Organism
Population: a group of the same species of organisms sharing an environment.
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Organism
Population
Community: all the populations (groups of living things) living in the same area.
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Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem: includes all of the organisms (biotic factors) and the nonliving (abiotic factors) in an area.
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Organism
Population
Community
Ecosystem
Biosphere: is the part of Earth that supports life. It includes the geosphere (top part of the Earth’s crust), all the water (hydrosphere), and the atmosphere that surrounds the Earth.
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